Self-clearing hose-supporter.



PATENTED OCT. 9, 1966.

D. B. JACKSON. SELF CLEARING HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY26.1905.

Pu il 1 UNITED STATES PATENT curios...

DANIEL B; J AOKSON, OF SEATTLE,v WASHINGTON.

SELF-CLEARING HOSE-SUPPORTE'R.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed July 26,1905. Serial No. 271,361.

tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hose-supporters, andparticularly to that class of supporters known as self-clearingsupporters.

As is commonly known, the fire or water hose which is intended for usein buildings and on ships is ordinarily coiled around a reel or fixedonto racks which are secured to the walls of the buildings or ships,&c., and when a fire breaks out and an alarm is given it very oftenoccurs that it is very difiicult to remove the hose from these reelswith sufiicient speed to be of any immediate service. Frequently onaccount of. the headway that a fire has made-in a building it is almostimpossible to make use of such fire-hose as is coiled around a reel, andconsequently it is of no service.

The object'of this invention is to remove these disadvantages and toprovide a very simple device which will allow the hose to be stretchedalong, the wall in one line without folding'or coiling, and,furthermore, to provide a device which will allow of the immediate-useof the hose in acaseof fire.

Furthermore, this invention contemplates the automatic release of thehose from its support, which release is accomplished automatically bythe expansion of the hose due to the introduction of waterunder-pressure.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists of thefeatures, details of construction, and combination of parts, as will bedescribed in connection with the accompanyin drawings and then pointedout more speci cally in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the supporterattached to the Wall; Fig. 2, a front elevation; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview, and Fig. 4 a side elevation of the lever in contact with the hose.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, 1 represents a bracketarranged to be fastened to a wall by screws or in any other manner.Projecting from said bracket at right angles thereto are aplurality ofarms 2,

forming a. bifurcation between which is,

placed a lever or trigger 3, having its'greater extremity extendingabove the plane of the arms and its lower extremity graduallydiminishing into an obtuse point 4. This lever 3 is fulcrumed at orabout one-third of its length to the arms,2 by means of a pin 5. Beneathsaid arms 2 and on the same bracket 1 is a projection 6, extending atright angles to said bracket and being preferably made integraltherewith. On the outer extremity of said projection 6 is a spring-plate7 whose lower portion is flush with the outer wall of said projection 6and whose upper portion extends in parallel relation to thebracket 1..

The lower extremity of said springplate is.

provided with a U-shaped slot 8. This spring-plate 7 is adjustable with.relation to the outer wall of the projection 6 by means of the screw 9,which permits the springplate to be slidup or down. plate 7 is madeadjustable, for the reasonthat its upper extremity is arranged tocontact,

said hose, the same will expand and: press against the longer. arm ofthe lever 3,,whereupon the lower point 4 is forced away from.

the spring-plate 7 toward the interior. oi'the chamber, and the said.lever describing, the arc of a circle travels around untilitcontactswith the bottom portion offthe hose, whereupon the hose drops from itssupport by reason of is own weight and theexpanding action caused by thehigh pressure of the water, as well as by the leverage fromthe lower endof the bar 3. Inuse, series of these brackets are placed along the sidesof the walls of rooms or corridors about the height commonly used forhose -pipes, the brackets being placed at suitable distances apart toreadily support the line of hose that is to be kept thereon. The arms 2are preferabl inclined away from the bracket in or er to facilitate theautomatic release of the hose when Water has been introduced into thesame.

Having described my invention, what I 110 The said spring When,.

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1; A supporter for hose and the like comprising a bracket provided witharms, said arms being adapted to support the hose, and means carried bysaid arms whereby said hose is automatically released by expansion.

2. A supporter for hose and the like comrising a bracket having arms, alever carried y said arms and in operative relation to the hose, andmeans whereby the expansion of said hose will deliver the strain to thefulcrum-point of said lever and release said hose.

3. The combination with a bracket and a hose, of arms on said bracket inoperative relation to said hose, a lever pivoted to said arms, and meansfor normally holding said lever in place.

4. A bracket consisting of a frame having at either end thereofprojections, one of said projections forming a bifurcation carrying alever, said lever having its longer arm extending above saidbifurcation, and its shorter arm extending beneath said bifurcation, theother of said projections having mounted thereon a spring-plate, saidplate being adjustable with respect to the lower extremity of said leverwhereby said lever is normally held in place until forced out by theexpansion of the hose.

5. The combination with a bracket arranged to be fastened to a wall, ofa plurality of arms extending at right angles to said bracket andarranged to support the hose, and means carried by said bracket wherebythe expansion of said hose will cause its release from said bracket byits own weight.

6. A supporter comprising a bracket having at one end thereof aprojection provided on its exterior face with a spring-plate adjustableparallely thereof, a bifurcation provided at or near the other extremitythereof and carrying between its bifurcation a lever, the lowerextremity of said lever being in contact with both sides of said springat different times, the upper portion of said lever being extended andarranged to receive between its inner face and the face of said bracketa hose, said hose being automatically released by its expansion by saidlever.

7. A device of the character described,

comprising a bracket, a lever fulcrumed upon said bracket and adapted toswing outwardly therefrom and reverse its osition, and means forsecuring said lever in a vertical position.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a support, a leverfulcrumed upon said support and adapted to reverse its position, andmeans for securing said lever in an adjusted position.

, 9. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket, levermeans carried by said bracket and adapted to reverse its position, andyieldable means for securing said lever means in a vertical position.

10. A device of the character described, comprising a support, levermeans carried by said support-and adapted to reverse its position, anadjustable spring carried by said support and normally engaging saidlever for securing it in an adjusted position.

11. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket, astationary arm extending from said bracket, lever means fulcrumed uponsaid arm and being capable of reversing its position, adjustable meanscarried by said bracket and engaging said lever for securing the same inan adjusted position.

12. A device of the character described, comprising a hosesupport, alever carried by said support, and means for permitting the said leverto automatically release a hose by the expansion thereof.

13. In a device of the character described, the combination with asupport, of a lever pivotally connected near one end to said support,and an adjustable, yieldable member carried by said support and normallyin en gagement with said lever for securing the same in an uprightposition.

14. A device of the character described, comprising a horizontal armadapted to sup port a hose, a lever carried by said horizontal arm, anda spring for permitting the said lever to automatically release a hoseby the expansion thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL B. JACKSON. Witnesses G. WARD KEMP, A. H. ScHuLT.

